Gamer's Dad Orders Virtual Assassination from Hit Men
January 10, 2013
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3:37Now PlayingGamer's Dad Orders Virtual Assassination from Hit Men
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as posted by the channel"A man in China hired virtual "assassins" to hunt down his son in online video games and kill off his avatar, according to local media.
The man, named by the Kotaku East blog as Mr Feng, was concerned about the amount of time his 23-year-old unemployed son was spending online."
If you feel someone is gaming too much, what do you do? Pay virtual assassins to kill their avatar, obviously! At least one father in China thought that was the case. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss the reaction, and Kim Horcher of Nerd Alert offers her insight as a former MMO player.
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